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So many worlds, no romance
Sneaking a Look at God's Cards
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a patriotic Nobel laureate: "The children were at the Theatre, acting to Three Cows as much...
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Off the couch and on to the treadmill
Exercise and Young People - Getting the Buggers Fit - The Social Psychology of Exercise and Sport
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On a global pitch, passion for the game is still local
Sport and Corporate Nationalisms
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Bullying rife across campus
Bullying is common in the higher education workplace, affecting academics and administrators alike, the biggest-ever study on the issue has shown. Nearly 700 academics said that they had been bullied...
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Psst, don't tell anyone, but I'm an intellectual
Academics may be embarrassed to be associated with the term "intellectual", with its connotations of superiority and patched corduroy jackets. Yet secretly it is exactly how they define themselves,...
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'It was a beautiful day. we didn't think of ourselves as evacuees'
Film studies lecturer Diane Negra had been in New Orleans just a week when Hurricane Katrina struck Diane Negra, senior lecturer in film studies at the University of East Anglia, had an unexpectedly...
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On the move ...
* University College London has appointed Janette Atkinson , currently professor of psychology, and Vince Emery , currently professor of virology, as pro provost for North America and pro provost for...
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V-cs told to root out extremism
Universities must defend the "moderate majority" of students by "identifying and confronting" extremist behaviour on campus, the Education Secretary demanded this week. Ruth Kelly, in her first major...
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The open-plan office gives 'infantilised' staff the blues
The growing trend of turfing academics out of private offices and into open-plan rooms with a call-centre ambience could seriously damage their sense of worth and their concentration, according to...
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Welcome to your world
The story is set in "a world peopled by individuals displaced from an earlier time, who are confused by a sudden and dramatic change in their environment". This may sound like science fiction. In...